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Crossword #12040

Crossword #12040: a hand-curated English crossword with 80 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Special indulgence; handle medically (5)
  2. Disc format that replaced the VHS tape (3)
  3. Tolkien's brutish, goblin-like warrior (3)
  4. Air drawn into the lungs (6)
  5. Roman numeral for three (3)
  6. Short life story on a book jacket (3)
  7. Sloping roof beam (6)
  8. Feeling down (3)
  9. Bean curd (4)
  10. Lyric poem of praise (3)
  11. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  12. Hard outer covering of a nut or crab (5)
  13. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  14. Drink in small amounts (3)
  15. Pickled in brine; drunk, slangily (6)
  16. Expression of indifference (3)
  17. Cool, in old slang (3)
  18. Billboard messages (3)
  19. Grandma, affectionately (4)
  20. Horse with mixed white and colored hairs (4)
  21. Belonging to that thing (3)
  22. Curved line segment forming part of a circle (3)
  23. Free, as of pests (3)
  24. Came together, in the past (3)
  25. Barely manage to make, with 'out' (3)
  26. Without, in French (4)
  27. Neuter a female pet (4)
  28. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  29. Rocky hilltop peak (3)
  30. Upper limb of the body (3)
  31. Decorative waist or shoulder bands (6)
  32. Strong anger (3)
  33. Precious stone (3)
  34. Performed onstage (5)
  35. Basketball league, in brief (3)
  36. Uncle ___, U.S. symbol (3)
  37. Nearby thing (4)
  38. Gear tooth (3)
  39. Pure and abstinent (6)
  40. Over there; at a distance in that direction (3)
  41. Be unwell (3)
  42. Deep dish for serving soup (6)
  43. Gradual decay or decomposition over time (3)
  44. A layer or thickness of a material (3)
  45. Small plant embryos, like sesame or sunflower, eaten as food (5)

Down

  1. Registered symbol or name legally identifying a company's brand (9)
  2. Citation in a text; a character endorsement (9)
  3. Consume food (3)
  4. Consumed a meal (3)
  5. Fungal infection caused by Candida, often affecting the mouth or genitals (6)
  6. In a manner that fails to meet expectations (15)
  7. By way of; passing through a particular route (3)
  8. Performed, in the past (3)
  9. Double-reed woodwinds (5)
  10. Long-barreled firearm (5)
  11. Was able to (5)
  12. Male sibling, informally (3)
  13. In this manner; therefore (4)
  14. Jagged mountain range (6)
  15. Patch of turf with grass (3)
  16. Cry of sudden discovery (3)
  17. ___ Francisco (3)
  18. Scottish no (3)
  19. Hold molecules on a surface (6)
  20. Struck with admiration (9)
  21. Players on the same side (9)
  22. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  23. Female sibling, informally (3)
  24. To droop or sink downward under weight (3)
  25. Female pronouns, in plural (4)
  26. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  27. Responds to a stimulus (6)
  28. Goat-legged woodland figure of myth (5)
  29. Sneeze sound (5)
  30. Fixed period of duty (5)
  31. Adult males (3)
  32. Brimless head covering (3)
  33. Liquid fat for cooking (3)
  34. A particular shade or tint on the colour spectrum (3)
  35. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)

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